August 2017 AirMail Sign-Up Past Issues Website Facebook Twitter Contact Us EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter Straight and Level By Susan Dusenbury, VAA President, VAA 5721, EAA 55229 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 is now a thing of the past. For those of us who made the annual sabbatical it was a magical time spent with family, friends and all ...Read More

Friends, One week out of each year a city of about 550,000 people is created. We know this city/event as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. During that one week EAA and its Divisions host a total of over 550,000 pilots and aviation enthusiasts along with their families and friends. With the support of our very capable officers, directors and volunteers (all 550 ...Read More

News for Vintage Aircraft Association Members JUNE 2017 EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter Straight and Level By Susan Dusenbury, VAA President, VAA 5721, EAA 55229 The buzz has started. The excitement is building. It's all about the annual sabbatical that over 10,000 planes and pilots make to Oshkosh every year in July. And, of course, there's the other 450,000 ...Read More

February 2017 EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter by Geoff Robison, VAA President VAA Life Member 12606, EAA Life Member 268346 Welcome back to the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. We recently lost another amazing friend of the VAA. Gene Chase was an amazing friend to all in aviation. He served as a Naval Aviator on a carrier during World War ...Read More

December 2016 EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter by Geoff Robison, VAA President VAA Life Member 12606, EAA Life Member 268346 The EAA, the VAA Board of Directors & Staff and Volunteers of Vintage, and a huge number of our friends in Aviation in the Atlanta area are mourning the tragic loss of Ron Alexander who recently lost his ...Read More

View Newsletter Online October 2016 EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter by Geoff Robison, VAA President VAA Life Member 12606, EAA Life Member 268346 Welcome back and thanks again for reading the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. Here we go again! I feel like I just got home from AirVenture and the planning for the 2017 event is already ...Read More

August 2016 EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter by Geoff Robison, VAA President VAA Life Member 12606, EAA Life Member 268346Welcome back and thanks for reading the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage Air Mail e-Newsletter.HOLY COW! Oshkosh AirVenture 2016 was nothing short of amazing. I was particularly pleased to see so many Antiques parked in the Vintage area this year.It ...Read More

View Newsletter Online June 2016 EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter by Geoff Robison, VAA President VAA Life Member 12606, EAA Life Member 268346 Welcome back and thanks for reading the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage Air Mail e-Newsletter. Here we go again! The excitement is once again building in Oshkosh. The EAA Staff and Volunteers who participate in ...Read More

April 2016 EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter by Geoff Robison, VAA President VAA Life Member 12606, EAA Life Member 268346Welcome back to our new updated format for EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. Our newsletter team has worked hard for several months to update and modernize our AirMail format to make it easier for you to read ...Read More

February 2016 EAA Vintage Aircraft Association AirMail e-Newsletter by Geoff Robison, VAA President VAA Life Member 12606, EAA Life Member 268346Welcome back to our new updated format for EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. Our newseltter team has worked for several months to update and modernize our AirMail format to make it easier for you to read and enjoy.2016 is certainly shaping up to be ...Read More

Geoff Says... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here's hoping that you all have a wondrous and happy Holiday Season! Welcome back to the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. By now, many of you have heard the news of an amazing change in the Leadership of the EAA. Jack Pelton (former CEO of Cessna) recently agreed to serve ...Read More

Geoff Says… Welcome back to the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage Air-Mail e-Newsletter! I am very pleased to report that the Oshkosh 2015 event has generated an unprecedented number of messages to my email box from our Members and guests who were in attendance! I am ashamed to also report that I am still working toward responding to each and ...Read More

Geoff Says…Welcome back to the EAA Vintage AircraftAssociation's Vintage Air-Mail e-Newsletter. I certainly hope that those of you who were in attendance at the Oshkosh 2015 event had as much fun as I did! What a year we had! The Bill & Myrt Rose Park turned out amazingly well, and it was a huge hit among our guests and members ...Read More

Geoff Says…Thanks again for reading the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage Air Mail e-Newsletter.By now many of our Members and Facebookfriends have heard the amazing news that the EAA Vintage Convention site is undergoing a major renovation and upgrade for the 2015 grand event at a very special place we all know as "Oshkosh".Before I expand on all these amazing improvements, ...Read More

BREAKING NEWS: MAJOR EXPANSION OF VINTAGE PLAZA FOR OSHKOSH 2015 Expanded plaza creates center of activity for legendary aircraft The Vintage Aircraft Association has commenced a major expansion of its Vintage Plaza and Red Barn headquarters complex for this year’s fly-in. Our expansion has been made possible through a generous gift from longtime VAA member Myrt Strong Rose of South ...Read More

Want to receive Vintage AirMail in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to Vintage AirMail Geoff Says...Thanks again for reading the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter.What are the most important elements of aviation that are important to our Vintage members?Advocacy is a big one, and we are all very fortunate to have an active group of staffers on ...Read More

Geoff Says… Happy February, and Welcome back to the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter.2015 has arrived with an explosion of activity in and around the Vintage Community. Erin Brueggen has been on the scene for a short two months now as our new Executive Administrator and has already accomplished a ton of detail work to make our Association ...Read More

Geoff Says… Welcome back to the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. 2014 is coming to an end, and it has certainly been one of our most outstanding years yet. Our near perfect execution of the Convention this year was observed by many of our Members, and the accolades have been outstanding.The Vintage Airplane magazine, our signature product continues ...Read More

Geoff Says… Thanks again for reading the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter.WOW! What a year we had at Oshkosh 2014.Execution of the Convention this year was nothing short of astounding to me. The EAA as well as the VAA witnessed a near perfect performance from the Air Show to Food Services to all aspects of what it takes ...Read More

Geoff Says…As you read this month’s abbreviiated edition of Vintage AirMail, I am already in Oshkosh with many of your Board Members and returning volunteers, all working for and awaiting your safe arrival. Again, everyone needs to be aware that the Air Force Thunderbirds will be performing on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and their full size air-show requires a much ...Read More

Geoff Says…Welcome to this month's edition of the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's AirMail E-Newsletter. The planning for this year's edition of EAA Oshkosh has now reached a fevered pitch. We are all working very hard toward meeting the many goals we have set for ourselves in making this another successful and exceptional event for the EAA / VAA.The 2014 Air ...Read More

Geoff Says… Welcome back to the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. Planning for the 2014 episode of EAA Oshkosh is already beginning to heat up. Your Board of Directors, the many Committee Chairmen and Chairwomen, and the virtually hundreds of Vintage Volunteers are carefully planning the event details, and we are all working hard toward meeting the ...Read More

Breaking News Update ATTENTION AUTHORS: VAA will be hosting an Author's Corner (book signings by the author) at the Vintage Red Barn during AirVenture OSHKOSH 2014. Signings will be held on Monday, July 28 through Saturday, August 2. There are two slots available each day on these dates. The morning slots will run from 10:00-11:30 and the afternoon slots will ...Read More

Geoff Says… Thanks again for reading the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. I am sincerely hopeful that you are all surviving the absolutely brutal winter weather we have been experiencing here in the Midwest. The airport I am based at is fast running out of places to stack the snow, and are now working extra hard to ...Read More

Geoff Says… Thanks for reading the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. Heavy planning for the 2014 episode of EAA Oshkosh has begun in earnest. Be sure to read my column and the special article by Charlie Harris in the January edition of Vintage Airplane Magazine where we jointly announce the 2014 Vintage venue at EAA Oshkosh. Is ...Read More

Geoff Says… Welcome back to the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. Did you all have the opportunity to attend the 2013 episode of EAA's "World's Greatest Aviation Event"? Or were you one of the many Members I have spoken to that just were not able to attend, but did carefully watch the goings on at Oshkosh ...Read More

Geoff Says... I have but one word for this year's Oshkosh extravaganza. And that is "WOW"! The VAA area of operations proved yet again to be a resounding success with another safe and successful venue with all the "Round Engine Rodeo" folks. I was absolutely amazed at the number of owners of these amazing machines that made the effort ...Read More

Geoff Says... Welcome to the Pre-Convention special edition of the AirMail Newsletter. Please be sure to also check us out at the Vintage Aircraft Website at: www.vintageaircraft.org. Our Website continues on a path of excellent improvement. It is an awesome resource for those among us who have a true passion for information and stories about old flying machines. For those ...Read More

Want to receive Vintage AirMail in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to Vintage AirMail Geoff Says... Welcome to the third edition of the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. Did I say third edition? It seems as though we just got started with the production of the Vintage Airmail e-Newsletter, and here we are already publishing the ...Read More

Want to receive Vintage AirMail in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to Vintage AirMail Geoff Says... Welcome to the second edition of the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association's Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. I hope you are enjoying what we are offering here in these bi-monthly publications. This month's edition includes the return of the "Mystery Plane" that was previously a part ...Read More

Want to receive Vintage AirMail in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to Vintage AirMail Geoff Says... Welcome to Vintage AirMail, the newest Member benefit from the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA). I hope you enjoy our all new Vintage AirMail e-Newsletter. The intent here is to keep our membership up to date on the goings on of the ...Read More